Morning Kingston and welcome to our breakfast briefing for Thursday 21 October.

Read on for the weather this week, traffic news plus a Thursday throwback from our archives.

Sunrise and weather

Today's weather: Overcast changing to sunny by lunchtime. Colder than it has been with highs of 12° in the afternoon falling to 9° this evening.

Today's sunrise: 07:35

Today's sunset: 17:56

Traffic report

Delays at Hampton Court:

- Queueing traffic and traffic heavier than normal on A308 Hampton Court Road Eastbound at A309 Hampton Court Way (Hampton Court). Congestion to Kempton Park racecourse.

- Delays of eight minutes and delays increasing on A308 Hampton Court Road Eastbound between A308 and Chestnut Avenue. Average speed ten mph.

Delays at Fulwell/Hampton Hill:

- Delays of four minutes on A312 Uxbridge Road Northbound between Broad Lane and A313 Park Road. Average speed five mph.

Supermarket opening times:

Waitrose & Partners: 8.30am–9pm

Tesco Express: 6am-11pm

Aldi: 8am–10pm

Sainsbury's: 7am–9pm

Asda: 8-8pm

Kingston Food Centre: 6:30am–11pm

Longdan Express: 10am–8pm

Sainsbury's Sury Basin: 7am–10pm

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- Motoring news from our columnist Ginny Buckley

Throwback Thursday

From the archives: learn about the history of Kingston bridge in this article by former Nub News editor Cameron Eyles.

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